Yutaka Ito

First Results of Tokyo Dark Matter Search with a Lithium Fluoride Bolometer (1997)

Ootani, Wataru, Minowa, Makoto, Watanabe, Takayuki, Ito, Yutaka, Kishimoto, Yasuhiro, Miuchi, Kentaro, ...

The First results of the Tokyo dark matter search programme using a 21-g lithium fluoride bolometer are presented. The background spectrum was measured in the surface laboratory. We derive an...

Sensitive germanium thermistors for cryogenic thermal detector of Tokyo dark matter search programme (1995)

Ootani, Wataru, Ito, Yutaka, Nishigaki, Keiji, Kishimoto, Yasuhiro, Minowa, Makoto, Ootuka, Youiti

Sensitive n-type and p-type germanium thermistors were fabricated by the melt doping technique and by the neutron transmutation doping (NTD) technique, respectively, aiming at a use for the cryogenic...

An extended DNA structure through deoxyribose-base stacking induced by RecA protein

Nishinaka, Taro, Ito, Yutaka, Yokoyama, Shigeyuki, Shibata, Takehiko

The family of proteins that are homologous to RecA protein of Escherichia coli is essential to homologous genetic recombination in various organisms including viruses, bacteria, lower eukaryotes, and...

Base pair switching by interconversion of sugar puckers in DNA extended by proteins of RecA-family: A model for homology search in homologous genetic recombination

Nishinaka, Taro, Shinohara, Akira, Ito, Yutaka, Yokoyama, Shigeyuki, Shibata, Takehiko

Escherichia coli RecA is a representative of proteins from the RecA family, which promote homologous pairing and strand exchange between double-stranded DNA and single-stranded DNA. These reactions...

Mice transgenically overexpressing sulfonylurea receptor 1 in forebrain resist seizure induction and excitotoxic neuron death

Hernández-Sánchez, Catalina, Basile, Anthony S., Fedorova, Irina, Arima, Hiroshi, Stannard, Bethel, Fernandez, Ana M., ...

The ability of the sulfonylurea receptor (SUR) 1 to suppress seizures and excitotoxic neuron damage was assessed in mice transgenically overexpressing this receptor. Fertilized eggs from FVB mice...

Homologous genetic recombination as an intrinsic dynamic property of a DNA structure induced by RecA/Rad51-family proteins: A possible advantage of DNA over RNA as genomic material

Shibata, Takehiko, Nishinaka, Taro, Mikawa, Tsutomu, Aihara, Hideki, Kurumizaka, Hitoshi, Yokoyama, Shigeyuki, ...

Heteroduplex joints are general intermediates of homologous genetic recombination in DNA genomes. A heteroduplex joint is formed between a single-stranded region (or tail), derived from a cleaved...

Induction of Gamma Interferon and Nitric Oxide by Truncated Pneumolysin That Lacks Pore-Forming Activity

Baba, Hisashi, Kawamura, Ikuo, Kohda, Chikara, Nomura, Takamasa, Ito, Yutaka, Kimoto, Terumi, ...

Pneumolysin (PLY), an important virulence factor of Streptococcus pneumoniae, is known to exert various effects on the host immune cells, including cytokine induction, in addition to its known...

Essential Role of Interleukin-12 (IL-12) and IL-18 for Gamma Interferon Production Induced by Listeriolysin O in Mouse Spleen Cells

Nomura, Takamasa, Kawamura, Ikuo, Tsuchiya, Kohsuke, Kohda, Chikara, Baba, Hisashi, Ito, Yutaka, ...

The mechanism of gamma interferon (IFN-γ) production induced by listeriolysin O (LLO), a cytolytic virulence factor of Listeria monocytogenes, was analyzed with special reference to the involvement...

Dissociated Linkage of Cytokine-Inducing Activity and Cytotoxicity to Different Domains of Listeriolysin O from Listeria monocytogenes

Kohda, Chikara, Kawamura, Ikuo, Baba, Hisashi, Nomura, Takamasa, Ito, Yutaka, Kimoto, Terumi, ...

Listeriolysin O (LLO), a cholesterol-binding cytolysin of Listeria monocytogenes, exhibits cytokine-inducing and cytolytic activities. Because the cytolytic activity was abolished by cholesterol...

Seeligeriolysin O, a Cholesterol-Dependent Cytolysin of Listeria seeligeri, Induces Gamma Interferon from Spleen Cells of Mice

Ito, Yutaka, Kawamura, Ikuo, Kohda, Chikara, Baba, Hisashi, Nomura, Takamasa, Kimoto, Terumi, ...

Seeligeriolysin O (LSO), one of the cholesterol-dependent cytolysins produced by Listeria seeligeri, shows 80% homology to listeriolysin O (LLO) produced by Listeria monocytogenes at the amino acid...

An NMR study on the interaction of Escherichia coli DinI with RecA–ssDNA complexes

Yoshimasu, Masatoshi, Aihara, Hideki, Ito, Yutaka, Rajesh, Sundaresan, Ishibe, Satoko, Mikawa, Tsutomu, ...

The SOS response, a set of cellular phenomena exhibited by eubacteria, is initiated by various causes that include DNA damage-induced replication arrest, and is positively regulated by the co-...

Differences in Gamma Interferon Production Induced by Listeriolysin O and Ivanolysin O Result in Different Levels of Protective Immunity in Mice Infected with Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria ivanovii

Kimoto, Terumi, Kawamura, Ikuo, Kohda, Chikara, Nomura, Takamasa, Tsuchiya, Kohsuke, Ito, Yutaka, ...

Two pathogenic species in the genus Listeria, Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria ivanovii, are characterized by the production of hemolysins belonging to cholesterol-dependent cytolysins,...

An extended DNA structure through deoxyribose-base stacking induced by RecA protein

Nishinaka, Taro, Ito, Yutaka, Yokoyama, Shigeyuki, Shibata, Takehiko

The family of proteins that are homologous to RecA protein of Escherichia coli is essential to homologous genetic recombination in various organisms including viruses, bacteria, lower eukaryotes, and...

Base pair switching by interconversion of sugar puckers in DNA extended by proteins of RecA-family: A model for homology search in homologous genetic recombination

Nishinaka, Taro, Shinohara, Akira, Ito, Yutaka, Yokoyama, Shigeyuki, Shibata, Takehiko

Escherichia coli RecA is a representative of proteins from the RecA family, which promote homologous pairing and strand exchange between double-stranded DNA and single-stranded DNA. These reactions...

Mice transgenically overexpressing sulfonylurea receptor 1 in forebrain resist seizure induction and excitotoxic neuron death

Hernández-Sánchez, Catalina, Basile, Anthony S., Fedorova, Irina, Arima, Hiroshi, Stannard, Bethel, Fernandez, Ana M., ...

The ability of the sulfonylurea receptor (SUR) 1 to suppress seizures and excitotoxic neuron damage was assessed in mice transgenically overexpressing this receptor. Fertilized eggs from FVB mice...

Homologous genetic recombination as an intrinsic dynamic property of a DNA structure induced by RecA/Rad51-family proteins: A possible advantage of DNA over RNA as genomic material

Shibata, Takehiko, Nishinaka, Taro, Mikawa, Tsutomu, Aihara, Hideki, Kurumizaka, Hitoshi, Yokoyama, Shigeyuki, ...

Heteroduplex joints are general intermediates of homologous genetic recombination in DNA genomes. A heteroduplex joint is formed between a single-stranded region (or tail), derived from a cleaved...

Induction of Gamma Interferon and Nitric Oxide by Truncated Pneumolysin That Lacks Pore-Forming Activity

Baba, Hisashi, Kawamura, Ikuo, Kohda, Chikara, Nomura, Takamasa, Ito, Yutaka, Kimoto, Terumi, ...

Pneumolysin (PLY), an important virulence factor of Streptococcus pneumoniae, is known to exert various effects on the host immune cells, including cytokine induction, in addition to its known...

Essential Role of Interleukin-12 (IL-12) and IL-18 for Gamma Interferon Production Induced by Listeriolysin O in Mouse Spleen Cells

Nomura, Takamasa, Kawamura, Ikuo, Tsuchiya, Kohsuke, Kohda, Chikara, Baba, Hisashi, Ito, Yutaka, ...

The mechanism of gamma interferon (IFN-γ) production induced by listeriolysin O (LLO), a cytolytic virulence factor of Listeria monocytogenes, was analyzed with special reference to the involvement...

Dissociated Linkage of Cytokine-Inducing Activity and Cytotoxicity to Different Domains of Listeriolysin O from Listeria monocytogenes

Kohda, Chikara, Kawamura, Ikuo, Baba, Hisashi, Nomura, Takamasa, Ito, Yutaka, Kimoto, Terumi, ...

Listeriolysin O (LLO), a cholesterol-binding cytolysin of Listeria monocytogenes, exhibits cytokine-inducing and cytolytic activities. Because the cytolytic activity was abolished by cholesterol...

Seeligeriolysin O, a Cholesterol-Dependent Cytolysin of Listeria seeligeri, Induces Gamma Interferon from Spleen Cells of Mice

Ito, Yutaka, Kawamura, Ikuo, Kohda, Chikara, Baba, Hisashi, Nomura, Takamasa, Kimoto, Terumi, ...

Seeligeriolysin O (LSO), one of the cholesterol-dependent cytolysins produced by Listeria seeligeri, shows 80% homology to listeriolysin O (LLO) produced by Listeria monocytogenes at the amino acid...

An NMR study on the interaction of Escherichia coli DinI with RecA–ssDNA complexes

Yoshimasu, Masatoshi, Aihara, Hideki, Ito, Yutaka, Rajesh, Sundaresan, Ishibe, Satoko, Mikawa, Tsutomu, ...

The SOS response, a set of cellular phenomena exhibited by eubacteria, is initiated by various causes that include DNA damage-induced replication arrest, and is positively regulated by the co-...

Differences in Gamma Interferon Production Induced by Listeriolysin O and Ivanolysin O Result in Different Levels of Protective Immunity in Mice Infected with Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria ivanovii

Kimoto, Terumi, Kawamura, Ikuo, Kohda, Chikara, Nomura, Takamasa, Tsuchiya, Kohsuke, Ito, Yutaka, ...

Two pathogenic species in the genus Listeria, Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria ivanovii, are characterized by the production of hemolysins belonging to cholesterol-dependent cytolysins,...

Genotypes and Related Factors Reflecting Macrolide Resistance in Pneumococcal Pneumonia Infections in Japan▿

Isozumi, Rie, Ito, Yutaka, Ishida, Tadashi, Osawa, Makoto, Hirai, Toyohiro, Ito, Isao, ...

Although macrolide-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae strains possessing either the ermB or mefA gene are very common in Japan, clinical and microbial factors in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP)...

Sympathetic attenuation of parasympathetic vasodilatation in oro-facial areas in the cat

Izumi, Hiroshi, Ito, Yutaka

The present study was designed to examine the interaction between sympathetic and parasympathetic influences on blood flow in oro-facial areas such as lower lip, palate and submandibular gland (SMG)...